Origins

The Bechdel test came from the comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" by Alison Bechdel. The term used to be a joke in one of the strips: http://movies.mxdwn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BechdelRule.png[1][2][3][4] This test is mostly misunderstood, because the requirements are vague and it doesn't make any difference if the male characters talk to women about their fathers, sons, platonic friends and etc. rather than romantic partners.The Bechdel Test isn't meant as a feminism scorecard of a work.

Fiction Tests from Feminists

(Alison) Bechdel Test "For Female Side Characters"

At least two named women

Who talk to each other

About something other than a man

Mako Mori Test "For Female Main Characters"

At least one female character

Who gets her own narrative arc

Not about supporting a man’s story

Fiction Tests for Neutrality

The Bechdel Relations Test "For Sexual Relations"

At least one male and one female "named character"

Who interact throughout the story,

Never express out loud sexual tension or romantic/sexual feelings towards each other.